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Trixie arrived looking calm and gentle, but the signs of stress were there from the start. Rescued after being found trapped between rocks, she seemed quiet and uncertain, then quickly revealed a much bigger problem when she wrecked the house and broke out overnight. The story follows a real rescue dog adjustment period, from first meeting and cautious sniffing to meeting Kobe, Mikey, and the rest of the pack.
Along the way, the family notices tucked tails, appeasement licks, an upset stomach, and a dog who is far more anxious than she first appears. They try chicken, carrot and soup, medication, and a careful setup for the night, hoping to help her settle into her new home. What happens next turns into a stressful but revealing rescue dog story about fear, confidence, and how easily a traumatized dog can hide what she is feeling.
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Along the way, the family notices tucked tails, appeasement licks, an upset stomach, and a dog who is far more anxious than she first appears. They try chicken, carrot and soup, medication, and a careful setup for the night, hoping to help her settle into her new home. What happens next turns into a stressful but revealing rescue dog story about fear, confidence, and how easily a traumatized dog can hide what she is feeling.
Created for viewers who enjoy rescue dog stories, animal behavior, dog adoption content, and real-life pet commentary. It also suits anyone searching for dog rescue journey, anxious dog behavior, shelter-to-home adjustment, and gentle pet storytime with a strong focus on training, care, and understanding canine stress.
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00:00She was found trapped between rocks, and by the time she was rescued, almost all hope was gone.
00:05When Trixie arrived with us, she barely showed any emotion.
00:09She's quiet, gentle, and honestly one of the calmest dogs we've ever rescued.
00:14By the same night we got her, she completely destroyed our home.
00:18So how does the dog this placid end up doing that?
00:21There's a reason behind it, but I don't want to get ahead of her story just yet.
00:25What I do need you guys to do though is pay close attention.
00:28Because the signs she's scared are so easy to miss.
00:32And if we're going to help her find her confidence again, we need to spot them from the very beginning.
00:37Let's go back to the moment we first met Trixie.
00:40Shall we have a look at sniffing her?
00:41Oh, she's big!
00:44Her paws are tiny compared to her body.
00:46She's got a very small head.
00:48So this is the first time we met her, and she was definitely a lot more scared than she was
00:52letting on.
00:54She's piddled herself I think.
00:56Oh, it's just that she's nervous, that's okay.
00:58Since we've picked her up, we're going to put her straight into the garden.
01:01Alright.
01:01Alright.
01:02Sorry she looks so funny.
01:04Oh, Trixie.
01:05Good girl.
01:06Your harness is a little bit loose, isn't it?
01:08She's exploring now, which is a really good sign.
01:10But you can see her tail is still tucked right underneath her.
01:14So we're just going to let her settle in and get a bit more comfortable before introducing her to our
01:19dogs.
01:21Hi.
01:22You want to have a sniff of my hand?
01:24I'm going to try taking her harness off because it's already half falling off anyway, and we just want her
01:29to be as comfortable as possible.
01:31It's a little tail wag.
01:33Good girl.
01:34Let's see how this works.
01:35It's okay.
01:37Hang in, Trix.
01:38Good girl.
01:39There you go, you're free.
01:40There you go.
01:41She said thanks.
01:42Thanks.
01:43And then we came across our first big problem.
01:46Sorry, Trix.
01:46Oh, she's pooping.
01:48Oh.
01:52Straight diarrhea.
01:53She's obviously got a really upset stomach.
01:55Quite normal for rescues after travel.
01:57So we got her some Promax, but the problem is getting her to take it.
02:02Hi.
02:03I know, a bit frightened.
02:04Shall we have it?
02:04Because she might think it's a treat.
02:05She's already seen it.
02:07Trixie.
02:09What's this?
02:10What's this?
02:11Oh, yum, yum.
02:13I mean, oh, went up her nose.
02:16Do you want some?
02:17I'll put it on my hand.
02:20Oh, nasty.
02:22What?
02:22She might eat it, Trixie.
02:26Nice.
02:26You've now got sludge on your hand.
02:31Kind of looks like it just came out of her bottom.
02:33Nice.
02:34We did have a plan.
02:36We boiled some chicken before she arrived
02:38and ended up putting the lovely sludge on some bits of chicken
02:41and she's never going to deny that.
02:44So I'm now Trixie.
02:46Just giving her some chicken.
02:48Ouch.
02:49For some positive association.
02:51I think she's getting a bit excited.
02:53Trixie.
02:53I'm going to give her my hand flat now.
02:55Good girl.
02:57Just so she's got some positive association with men.
02:59You can see how tucked her tail still is
03:02but she is exploring
03:03so I think it's time for her to start meeting the dogs.
03:07So actually what we're going to do
03:08is we're going to figure out a way to clean up that poo.
03:10I'm not going to show that.
03:11No, don't show that.
03:12And then we will go and get our crazy Doberman Moki.
03:17I feel like we start with Moki
03:19because I feel like she may not like her.
03:21Yeah.
03:21And then we end with a nice calm Kobe.
03:24I agree.
03:25All right.
03:26Let's go and get Moki.
03:27Okay.
03:28We had to host the poo down real quick
03:29because Moki is a clean freak
03:31but now that's done
03:32let's go get her.
03:33Right.
03:34Moki, Kobe, wait.
03:34Kobe, wait.
03:35Kobe, wait.
03:35Good boy.
03:36You're next.
03:37Come on then, Moki.
03:39Okay.
03:39Ready, Moki.
03:40Come on then.
03:42All right.
03:42She hasn't realised there's another dog.
03:44She has now.
03:45Sorry.
03:45No, Moki's realised.
03:47Oh, look.
03:47She's coming over.
03:48Oh.
03:50Oh, she's looking at me.
03:51Is that her crying?
03:52Yeah.
03:55That is the weirdest noise.
03:57She's stress.
03:59Oh.
03:59All right, you horse.
04:03That's proper stress though.
04:08She's looking at me quite a bit
04:10for reassurance.
04:13Good girl.
04:14You're okay.
04:15Oh, Moki's gagging.
04:17Is she?
04:18Yeah.
04:18I just watched her tongue come out.
04:20She's not impressed.
04:22Oh.
04:24She does not like her smell.
04:26But this could be a good thing
04:28because she probably won't pay her much attention
04:31because she clearly doesn't like the smell of her.
04:33Because I think she has also peddled herself.
04:35Bless her.
04:35Hi, darling.
04:36Oh, she's very wary of that poo patch.
04:39She's looking at it.
04:40She's like, you guys serious right now?
04:43She is like the cleanest dog you will ever...
04:47She's like a clean freak.
04:48Yeah, she is.
04:49She's got like OCD for cleaning.
04:51Oh, you cried at mum.
04:52So I'm wondering.
04:53Oh.
04:55She's gagging.
04:55Oh, she is gagging.
04:59Oh, she does not like the smell of her.
05:01Isn't it that thing where they do it
05:02to get the smell further down into their brain or something?
05:06I'm not sure.
05:06But she is not enjoying it.
05:08Moki does this super weird thing
05:09where it looks like she's gagging,
05:11but I'm not sure it is that.
05:12If you know what this is,
05:14let us know down in the comments.
05:16Trixie does absolutely stink, bless her.
05:18And Moki's done this before
05:19with the really smelly ones.
05:21I'm sorry, Moki.
05:22We'll give her a bath tomorrow.
05:24Oh.
05:24But then Trixie out of nowhere
05:26looks like she wanted to meet.
05:28Oh, good girl, Parra.
05:30Oh, look.
05:30Trixie, her tail's tight now.
05:32Oh, there's a tiny tail wag.
05:34I'm sure I just saw it.
05:35What do you reckon?
05:35We let Moki through?
05:37Yeah.
05:38I'd maybe move Trixie back a little bit
05:39so that she's not calling against the fence.
05:41Yeah.
05:42There you go.
05:44All right, Moki's through.
05:45Like I said,
05:45I don't think she's going to pay her.
05:47No, she doesn't want to go near her
05:48because she stinks.
05:49Yeah.
05:50It's actually kind of worked in our favour
05:52because I think she was a bit unsure anyway.
05:55She's having a good sniff.
05:56Yeah, Moki doesn't want her to go near her.
05:58No, she's like,
05:58you stink, mate.
06:00She's like,
06:01you sniff me,
06:01I'm not sniffing you.
06:02Yeah, she is literally frothing.
06:05Good girl.
06:07Poor Moki.
06:09Look at her face.
06:11That is adorable.
06:14I'm sorry, darling.
06:15I know, Moki.
06:16She's smelly.
06:18All right.
06:20Interesting interaction, guys.
06:21Nice, nice.
06:22Oh, look at Moki's little toe.
06:23She's like,
06:24you absolutely stink,
06:25but you seem nice.
06:25Yeah.
06:27Literally, look at her.
06:27Hi, I'm Moki.
06:29Like I said,
06:30I feel like
06:31she's hiding.
06:33She's good at hiding
06:34how scared she is.
06:35Look at her tail.
06:36Yeah.
06:37Okay,
06:38we are going to go
06:39and get Kobe.
06:41What will be interesting
06:42is he will actually
06:43pay her more attention.
06:45Usually it's Moki,
06:46but just because
06:46she doesn't like the smell.
06:47Also, Kobe's a boy.
06:49Sometimes they react
06:50differently to boys,
06:51so let's go and see.
06:52But right now,
06:53she's obviously kind of
06:54just taking everything
06:55in her stride.
06:56She's very calm
06:57and relaxed, isn't she?
06:58Yeah, she's very calm
06:59and relaxed
06:59and she's very stinky.
07:00Right.
07:01Gonna go and get
07:02our lovable but jealous
07:03golden retriever, Kobe.
07:05Kobe!
07:06Oh, he's ready!
07:07Oh, my God!
07:09Oh, my God, he's ready!
07:11Go on, then, go on, then,
07:11go on, then!
07:16Oh!
07:18He was running
07:18and he was like,
07:19to be fair,
07:20he's going to where she weed?
07:22She's just looked at Moki
07:23and she's like,
07:23you're in my pack now.
07:25Yeah, he's going
07:25straight to where she weed.
07:27I wonder if she's
07:28feeling unwell
07:30and the dogs
07:32are picking up on it.
07:33Just look at him.
07:34He's like,
07:35okay, I'll come
07:35and say hello.
07:37Oh, he could smell.
07:39Kobe, you all right, mate?
07:40Maybe he really needed
07:41a wee wee.
07:43Sorry, I've never
07:44seen a dog sit
07:45at a meet.
07:46She was actually
07:47really calm
07:48but it does make you
07:49wonder how on earth
07:50did she end up
07:51destroying the house
07:52like this?
07:53Right, Trixie,
07:54Trixie.
07:55Anything?
07:56Hello.
07:58Well, the thing is,
07:59should we let him through
08:00because of how she was
08:00with Moki?
08:01All right,
08:01we're going to let
08:02Kobe through.
08:03Kobe gently.
08:04Yeah, because at the moment
08:05Trixie is very calm.
08:07Yeah.
08:07Although she's calm,
08:08did you see that?
08:09Those little lip licks
08:10are appeasement licks.
08:11It shows she's actually
08:13more nervous
08:13than she's leading on.
08:16Wow, he's so good at
08:17Moki,
08:19leave him alone.
08:20She's probably trying to
08:21inhale something nice.
08:22He's so good at being polite.
08:24Oh, hello.
08:26Good girl.
08:27She's like,
08:28you got any more chicken?
08:28Yeah, she's like,
08:29chicken foot.
08:30Oh, bless her.
08:31Good girl.
08:32Right, well,
08:32I mean,
08:33she hasn't actually
08:33had a sniff of Kobe yet,
08:35but I am going to start
08:36opening up this fence
08:38that was probably like
08:39the most uneventful
08:42and gentle meet and greet
08:43ever.
08:44We've had scared dogs
08:45that have like
08:45shown more.
08:47Okay, the lip licks,
08:48the tuck tail,
08:49the running out of nowhere.
08:50She's definitely anxious.
08:52She's just very good
08:54at hiding it.
08:54But now it's time
08:55to let her into the house
08:57so she can explore
08:58her new home.
08:59What we're going to do
09:00now is start opening up,
09:02going into the house
09:03and we can see
09:04if she wants to come
09:05into the house
09:06for the first time.
09:07It looks like
09:08she's about to come
09:09straight in.
09:10She has lived in a home.
09:13Yes.
09:13Temporarily.
09:14In Macedonia,
09:15she lived in
09:17the rescue owner's home.
09:19In the carer's home.
09:20Yeah, she was fostering her.
09:22I mean,
09:22the rescue owner
09:23was basically fostering her.
09:24So, yeah, exactly that.
09:25She's been in a home before.
09:27Good girl.
09:28I would pick up
09:29Kobe's bed.
09:30Oh, yeah.
09:31Yeah, because Moki will...
09:33Let me close this.
09:34Freak out.
09:35Because if she goes
09:37into Moki's bed,
09:38Moki picks up
09:39on her smell
09:41and she literally
09:42she will not go in.
09:43No, Moki will have
09:44an absolute hissy fit.
09:45Yeah, she'll have
09:46an absolute meltdown.
09:47We did try and put
09:48a collar on her
09:49but she ran away.
09:50She's definitely
09:51going to need some work.
09:52And then we started
09:53to find out more
09:54about Trixie.
09:55Okay, so first thing
09:57I'm seeing her
09:57date of birth
09:58was 27th of May 2024.
10:01So she's just over two.
10:03That is interesting.
10:04We do know that
10:05she was just
10:06recovering from
10:07heartworm.
10:08She is basically...
10:10Well, she is recovered now
10:11but we need to keep up
10:13some medication.
10:14We've got a very useful
10:16printed out sheet
10:17here
10:18so that we know
10:19exactly what to give her.
10:22Okay, she is currently
10:23exploring the house.
10:24We're actually going to do
10:25a really quick test
10:26because we do really
10:28want her to sleep
10:29downstairs tonight.
10:31The reason for that
10:32is because the last
10:32rescue we had
10:33ended up needing
10:34to sleep in our room.
10:35And if you've watched
10:36the video in Paris
10:37and wonder where she is now,
10:38make sure you hit
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10:40because you'll see her
10:41again in the next video.
10:43Our bedroom is pretty much
10:44the only part of the house
10:45we get to ourselves
10:46so we wanted to see
10:47what she'd do
10:48if we left her on her own
10:49for just a minute.
10:51Would she cry
10:51or would she start
10:52destroying things?
10:53I'm going to shut
10:54the cameras.
10:55You can see her
10:56just by the gate.
10:58She's wondering
10:58where we are
10:59but not crying
11:00or destroying anything
11:01which is a really good sign.
11:03She did really good.
11:04Where's she going?
11:06She's done so well
11:07we can't see her.
11:08Oh, Trixie.
11:09Trixie.
11:10Out of there.
11:11I think she's trying
11:12to get noodles
11:13out of the drain.
11:14Nice.
11:15So on to her next problem,
11:17her upset stomach
11:18and we had a plan
11:19for this.
11:19Right,
11:20we've got a plan.
11:22We know that
11:22carrot morrow soup
11:24can be really good
11:25for dogs
11:26with sensitive stomach
11:27so we're going to
11:29boil four carrots
11:30for about 20 minutes
11:31and we basically
11:32just mash it up.
11:33So yeah,
11:33because obviously
11:34she's going to be
11:35down here tonight
11:36and we don't want her
11:38cooling up the place
11:39plus she's probably
11:40quite uncomfortable
11:41herself, bless her.
11:42I think she's hungry
11:43so the carrot morrow
11:44soup is ready
11:45but we just need
11:46it to cool down.
11:47We put in some
11:48boiled chicken
11:48and hid her medication
11:50in there.
11:51We're just hoping
11:51now she'll actually eat.
11:53Kobe and Moki
11:54have been put away
11:57so that she can eat.
11:59I'm just going to
11:59put this there.
12:02Let's see.
12:05She's gone straight
12:06for it which is
12:07really good.
12:07It should taste
12:08quite nice
12:08because of the broth.
12:09Yeah.
12:10She has absolutely
12:11housed her food down.
12:13Let's have a quick look.
12:14Sorry Trixie.
12:16You can tell
12:16she's a bit skittish
12:17if you kind of
12:18walk near her.
12:19And then the big moment
12:21getting Trixie ready
12:22for bed
12:22and her absolutely
12:24demolishing the house.
12:25We've set up
12:26a fence
12:28sort of like
12:28away from
12:29Kobe and Moki.
12:30I think she will
12:32be fine with them
12:33but simply because
12:34apparently she's
12:35a bit of a chewer.
12:36So that's why
12:37we've set up the fence.
12:38We've also set this up
12:39so hopefully
12:40she doesn't
12:42break anything down.
12:43We have got cameras
12:45here and here.
12:47So let's see
12:48how she gets on.
12:49She is quite stressed
12:49bless her.
12:50Oh let's also put
12:51some puppy pads down.
12:52So things actually
12:53started off well.
12:54She fell asleep
12:55even rolling onto
12:56her side at one point
12:57which shows she's
12:57in a deep sleep
12:58but then at 4am
13:00she started testing
13:01our gate.
13:05So a few reasons
13:07why I think
13:07she started doing this.
13:08reason 1
13:09remember she had
13:10an upset stomach
13:11earlier
13:11and maybe
13:12she needed
13:13the toilet
13:14and didn't want
13:14to do it
13:15in her sleep space.
13:16There's something
13:17about watching dogs
13:18figure out how
13:19to get out of things
13:20which is actually
13:21pretty cool.
13:22Aside from the fact
13:23that you know
13:23she may have needed
13:24to go out
13:24to go to the toilet
13:25you can see her
13:26actually trying to
13:27figure out how
13:28to get out of the gate.
13:29Her brain is ticking
13:30because she's now
13:31seeing if she can
13:32get over it somehow.
13:33She then goes
13:34for the brute force
13:35approach of just
13:36pushing through it
13:37and this one worked.
13:38She actually broke
13:39the slat in the gate
13:40and she's free.
13:46So what did she do
13:47with her newfound freedom?
13:49She sees what she
13:49can destroy on the
13:50counter,
13:51comes and says
13:52hello to Kobe
13:53then howls
13:54to wake everyone up.
14:01but what actually woke
14:03us up
14:03is we heard howling
14:04outside.
14:06Yeah, she broke
14:07outside.
14:07This is at 5am.
14:09She even then tries
14:10to go back into
14:11the conservatory
14:12bless her and kind
14:13of just walks into it
14:14and that's when
14:15we came down to this.
14:17So another reason
14:18she likely did this
14:19is the rescue
14:20did say to us
14:21that she doesn't
14:22like being crated.
14:23We thought the fence
14:24we set up for her
14:25wouldn't feel like
14:26much of a confined
14:26space but she may
14:28have thought otherwise.
14:29She even sticks her
14:30head to the cat flap
14:31thing like oh no
14:32we've had over 50
14:34rescues here and
14:35no one has ever
14:36broken outside.
14:38She's feeling very
14:39proud of herself.
14:40She even chewed
14:40the door handle
14:41and my Burberry
14:42sunglasses case.
14:44Luckily it was
14:44just the case.
14:45I don't really buy
14:46expensive things
14:47so I guess we've
14:48now got the
14:48limited edition
14:49Burberry rescue dog
14:50collection.
14:51As funny as it is
14:52that she's completely
14:53trashed the house
14:54the reality is
14:55she was probably
14:56just stressed.
14:57She woke up at 4am
14:58in a brand new place
15:00probably wondering
15:01where am I?
15:02It's important to
15:03understand why she
15:04did this because
15:05from her point of
15:06view it must have
15:07been incredibly
15:08overwhelming.
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